What a waste
French, Jess2019
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Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling.This environmental book will teach keen young ecologists about our actions affect planet Earth. Discover shocking facts about the waste we produce and where it goes. Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush ever made still exists? Or that there's a floating mass of rubbish larger than the USA drifting around the Pacific Ocean?
Main title:
What a waste / Jess French.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2019.
Collation:
72 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.
Notes:
"I'm made with responsibly sourced materials and soy inks!" -- cover.Includes index and glossary.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The problem of waste -- Pollution -- Air pollution -- Earth's resources -- Earth's atmosphere -- Deforestation -- Conservation -- Renewable energy -- Efficient home -- Household waste -- Where does it go? -- Landfill -- Plastic forever -- Single-use plastic -- Save our seas! -- Cleaning up our oceans -- The 3 Rs -- Recycling news -- Use less, waste less -- From trash to treasure -- Electronic waste -- Food waste -- Eat up! -- Water waste -- Where does our poo go? -- Waste world -- Fashion -- Space waste -- Our future planet -- Get involved! -- Resources list.
ISBN:
9780241366912
Dewey class:
363.72363
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
358017
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Junior Non-Fiction Environment | J 363 FRE | Available |